> Jeffrey Fisher
> It's true they're talking about world history. But in this sense, the
> switch is if anything less sensible. We're talking about revolutions
> after 1750, which Jefferson certainly had more influence on (both in
> the US and in France) than Calvin and Aquinas combined.
>
> ^^^^
> CB; Actually, they are talking about Euro-American regional history -
> the history of the Europeans who nicknamed themselves "White". Here
> "World" is sort of like the "World" in World War One.
>
>
Right. I haven't looked further at what exactly "world history" means, but
you are probably right.